Gee, ya think?
Here's today's random "found on the internet" rant: Married Men Make More Money than Single Men (Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
Hm. Why could that possibly be. Hm. What a stumper.
The article says that one possibility could be that married men "have spouses who share responsibility for household chores and provide other sorts of support and assistance." Yes, yes. "Sharing responsibility" is what the vast majority of married women do. As opposed to "doing virtually all the housework, and don't give me any of that crap about how loading the dishwasher after dinner is way more housework than your father ever did."
Trust me on this one: as a woman whose husband currently doesn't work for money, you get way more done on the job when someone else puts food in front of you every night.
Gotta love the complacent way the article--which I notice is in the "business" section of the paper, under "personal finance"--ends by suggesting that men should all get married--"you may not be any happier, but at least you'll make more money than if you stay single." Yeah, yeah, just put a ring on that bitch's finger--she'll make your life miserable, but you'll make more money. And after all, it will be your money, singular, not your money, collective (so if you get sick of her nagging, you can just divorce her--yeah, you might have to give her some of "your" money, especially if you have kids, but probably you'll still make more than if you'd never married, which'll probably mean that even after you write the child-support checks to your grabby ex, you'll still be in line for a bigger raise) because any contribution she makes to your earning potential is, you know, not actual work or anything. Wives! They're a great investment in your career! Just ask the Vatican!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pick a fight with my husband to prove that I'm exactly the same as he is.
Hm. Why could that possibly be. Hm. What a stumper.
The article says that one possibility could be that married men "have spouses who share responsibility for household chores and provide other sorts of support and assistance." Yes, yes. "Sharing responsibility" is what the vast majority of married women do. As opposed to "doing virtually all the housework, and don't give me any of that crap about how loading the dishwasher after dinner is way more housework than your father ever did."
Trust me on this one: as a woman whose husband currently doesn't work for money, you get way more done on the job when someone else puts food in front of you every night.
Gotta love the complacent way the article--which I notice is in the "business" section of the paper, under "personal finance"--ends by suggesting that men should all get married--"you may not be any happier, but at least you'll make more money than if you stay single." Yeah, yeah, just put a ring on that bitch's finger--she'll make your life miserable, but you'll make more money. And after all, it will be your money, singular, not your money, collective (so if you get sick of her nagging, you can just divorce her--yeah, you might have to give her some of "your" money, especially if you have kids, but probably you'll still make more than if you'd never married, which'll probably mean that even after you write the child-support checks to your grabby ex, you'll still be in line for a bigger raise) because any contribution she makes to your earning potential is, you know, not actual work or anything. Wives! They're a great investment in your career! Just ask the Vatican!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pick a fight with my husband to prove that I'm exactly the same as he is.
